AVIDArticleSummaryFormatPartI:IndividualAssignment

Name:GalileaPatricioDueDate:November2,2014
ArticleTitle:Population,Poverty,andtheLocalEnvironment
Author/Source:ParthaS.Dasgupta
Whilereadingthearticle,highlightwordsorphrasesthatrequiredefinitionsor
clarifications
WhataretheAUTHORsmajorideas,conceptsorkeypoints?
A:Listthemajorideas,conceptsorkeypointspointbypointExample:
differingopinionsinpolitics
populationgrowthcauseofpovertyandenvironmentaldegradation
povertyisthecauseratherthanconsequenceofincreasingnumbers.
economistsdonotregardpoverty,populationgrowth,orlocalenvironmentas
interconnected.
theoreticalmodelingwithempiricalfindingsanthropology,demography,
ecology,economics,nutrition,andpoliticalscience.
focusedonsmallruralcommunities
greatestpowerinhouseholddeterminedbythedistributionofhousehold
resources.
menhavemoreinfluenceoverfertility
fertilityrateisbetween6and8insubSaharanAfrica
femalesexpectedtobearchildrenfornearlyhalfoftheiradultlives.
pregnancyleadingcauseofmortalityinwomenofpoorcountries.
onewomandieseveryfiftylivebirths.
peoplehavemorechildrenbecausetheyareproductiveassets,sourceof
securityinoldage.
thirdworldcountriesaresubsistenceeconomies
lackofcontraceptivesleadstoincreaseofchildrenpercouple/household
deployinganumberofpoliciesatthesametimeinsubSaharanAfricaandIndia
canhelpreducethepopulationgrowth.
familyplanningservices,healthservices,andaidforwomen
(empowerment).
literacyandemploymentdriveforwomenwillhelpalleviatetheissue.
socialcoordinationandincreaseineconomicsecurityofthepoorare
essential.
providingcheapfuelandpotablewater.

B:SummarizetheAUTHORsmainpointorideaatLEAST12paragraphs
Example:SummaryofAuthorsMainPoints:
The article provides the different views for thecauses ofpopulationgrowthand
poverty, one being that population growth causes poverty and environmental
degradation while the otherstatesthatpovertyistheconsequence ofpopulationgrowth
and not the consequence. Economists, however, do not view poverty, population
growth, and the local environment as interconnected, using different fields of study
allowed the analysis of different regions such as subSaharan Africa. There women
have little to no influence on their fertility as men are the ones who have control.
Pregnancy is the leading cause of mortality among women because there is minimal
health care. Those who do survive spend half of their adult lives pregnant or breast
feeding.
C:Writeareactionparagraphtothearticlestatingyourownthoughtsonthe
topic,usingspecificcitationsfromthearticletosupportyourviewsExample:My
OwnThoughtsontheTopic
Many of the worlds issues deal with the rising human population mainly
contributed byless economicallydevelopedcountries.Throughoutthearticletherewere
manyaspectsofcultural,economic,demographicaspectsamongothersthancontribute
to the population growth rate. I agree with the solutions presented one of which is
universal to all aspects of life, education. I believe that by providing women with
education worldwide, they will be able to be more socially and economically
independent which will allow for fertility rates to drop and alleviate the population
problem.

SoWhat?
SaysWho?
Theincreasingpopulationwilllead
environmentalists
tomanymoreissuesthatmayor
maynotbeirreversible.
Whatif..?
Allofthesolutionsweretobe
provided?
woulditbeshortorlongterm?

WhatDoesThisRemindMeOf?
povertyandhunger
Thecorrelationbetweenhigh
fertilityrateandliteracyrates.